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A racecourse debut which is likely to eclipse any of the hype surrounding the first runners of the mighty <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> (GB) takes place on New Year's Day when Black Caviar (Aus)'s first foal Oscietra (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) takes to the track for the 1000-metre maiden down Flemington's straight. Following a highly impressive recent...
The Church of Our Lady Immaculate & St Etheldreda in Newmarket was packed beyond capacity at noon on Thursday for a Requiem Mass to celebrate the life of the three-time Derby-winning jockey Walter Swinburn, who passed away on Dec. 12 at the age of 55. The service was conducted by Fr Simon Blakesley, who assured...
Michelle Payne, who made history in 2015 aboard Prince Of Penzance (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) when becoming the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, has revealed that she hopes to reach another milestone by riding a horse she trains in the race. Speaking to racing.com, the 31-year-old confirmed that she will continue to combine...
Jim Crowley, who was crowned champion jockey for the first time in October, has added the Stobart Leading Jockey of 2016 title to his array of awards for the year. Recently named as Paul Hanagan's replacement to be first retained jockey for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's powerful Shadwell operation, Crowley claimed 189 winners from 1,015...
The Thoroughbred is a hybrid breed of horse created, if that is the right word, in England, albeit partly from various breeds whose roots lie around the eastern and south-eastern edges of the Mediterranean. For much of racing history, therefore, the 'new-world' countries have drawn from the British Isles for their stock. However, that changed...
THE SALES YEAR Throughout the last six months of the North American and European auction sales season, the theme has been pretty much the same: the market struggled to match 2015 levels, and in fact finished up below 2015, though marginally. The graph and table of 'US And European Annual Sales' clearly show this biggest...
“I really don't want 2016 to end,” says Damien English, as he reflects on a year that has seen the young trainer saddle 14 winners from as many individual runners sent out from his small base in north county Dublin. His rich vein of form has been maintained over a 12-month period, beginning with a...
Channel 4 Racing brought the curtain down on 32 years of terrestrial TV coverage with its final broadcast from the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow and the second day of Kempton Park's Christmas meeting on Tuesday. With rival company ITV set to offer free-to-air racing coverage from New Year's Day, the Channel 4 team reflected...
She was bred to be a smart Flat stayer, but in being aimed at the National Hunt sphere, Annie Power (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}) has proved herself to be one of the most flamboyant jumpers in training, and sees in this New Year as the Champion Hurdler. In her 17 starts to date, the 8-year-old has...
Over the next week the team of Editors of TDN Europe/International will look back on 2016 and pick their most memorable racing moment of the year. We continue today with V.P. International Operations, Gary King. LADY AURELIA, G2 QUEEN MARY S., ASCOT Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy)'s devastating performance in the G2 Queen Mary S. at...
China Horse Club has been making plenty of headlines in the bloodstock realm in Europe in recent months. After buying two shares in rising French sire <a href="https://www.agakhanstuds.com/siyouni " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Siyouni</a> (Fr) on Arqana Online earlier this year, the Club struck on the same platform for a share in another leading French sire, Le Havre (Ire), in late November....
British bloodstock lost one of its most popular, respected and high-achieving figures with the death of Bob McCreery, who passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 86. An outstanding amateur rider who was Britain's champion amateur in the 1955/'56 and 1956/'57 National Hunt seasons, Bob McCreery rode approximately 150 winners in Britain, along...
